"I just distributed all the grain, but there are still some clan members who didn't get any," Qingcang said hesitantly. "If there's no more, it's okay."
Yaohua immediately wanted to take out all the grain she had planted in her spiritual consciousness.
"Host, calm down. If you expose the secret of the planting system, you'll be in mortal danger," the long - absent voice of the system sounded in her mind, like a bucket of cold water that doused Yaohua's eager thoughts.
"Then how much can I take out?"
"It depends on you," the system replied.
Yaohua quickly conjured up a dozen or so baskets of potatoes and rice. She looked at Qingcang worriedly and asked, "Father, is this enough?"
So much grain suddenly appeared on the ground. Qingcang's eyes widened in surprise. He quickly nodded and said, "Enough, enough."
When the pain subsided a bit, Mo Qing bent his legs and sat up crookedly. Only then did he realize that after not seeing her for several years, his younger sister no longer resembled the soft and waxy little ball in his memory.
Yaohua was sitting cross - legged at the entrance of the outer tomb chamber, with a thin piece of wood placed flat on her knees.
Although there were many and exquisite burial objects in the ancestral tomb, Yaohua was already very grateful that she could rely on the remaining spiritual light of the ancestor to bear the occasional pain brought by the contract mark. How could she have the nerve to take the burial objects?
Her figure was as straight as a towering cliff. She spread out her spiritual power and fanned away the karmic fires that fell at the entrance one by one.
At dawn, the karmic fires outside gradually stopped. The magical tool given to her by her second elder brother in front of her was spinning rapidly. Yaohua opened her eyes and took the opportunity to make a few magic spells.
The originally spinning magical tool suddenly swayed constantly towards the due west. It seemed that her second elder brother was in that direction.
Yaohua suddenly stood up and bid farewell to her father and elder brother.
Qingcang was worried about her going alone, but at the moment Mo Qing was seriously injured. He was unable to spare himself, and he couldn't persuade Yaohua either. He could only bless her and carefully tell her to be careful in everything.
Following the magical tool, she walked westward all the way. Along the way, there were traces of being burned by the karmic fires. Even on the white bones lying by the roadside, there were still unextinguished sparks.
Hesitating for a moment, Yaohua raised her hand to extinguish the spark.
A wisp of white mist floated out of the bones and turned into a young girl. She bowed to Yaohua, and then her soul body dissipated in an instant.
On the Shenzhou Continent, mortals were the most numerous and the most vulnerable race. This karmic fire came so fiercely that it was probably these people who suffered the most.
Yaohua withdrew her gaze, but her eyes were attracted by a cluster of red feathers under the white bones.
This is...
Yaohua took out the red feathers, and her expression gradually became solemn.
It was her second elder brother's tail feathers!
How precious the phoenix tail feathers were!
Under what circumstances would they be abandoned on the ground?
Yaohua's heart surged. She tightly grasped the tail feathers, and then suddenly let go.
A dazzling light ignited from her fingertips. After the magic spell was completed, the tail feathers flew in the direction of their owner. Yaohua couldn't wait to follow them.
Huikun Mountain was the dojo of the Fire God Zhuxuan. It was hot all year round and nothing could grow there. Even the Phoenix Clan could hardly bear it.
However, at this moment, a strong and cold aura permeated Huikun Mountain. Feng Jing's tail feathers were circling above Huikun Mountain and suddenly split into countless star - like fragments.
Just as Yaohua was about to enter the mountain, a black aura attacked her. She subconsciously took several steps back.
There was a demon here!
No wonder Huikun Mountain had become like this. It must have something to do with the demons!
The demons and the Phoenix Clan were irreconcilable enemies. If her second elder brother was really inside...
Yaohua's heart sank. She landed on the ground, concealed her aura, and walked into the mountain like an ordinary mortal.
Black auras rose from the ground and wriggled around her feet like snakes.
Yaohua subconsciously waved out a red light, instantly scattering those black auras. But immediately afterwards, they swarmed up in an even more arrogant posture.
Yaohua suppressed the sudden restlessness in her heart and walked inside without paying attention.
Anyway, she had to find her second elder brother first.
She took a few more steps when suddenly she found that the surrounding environment had changed completely.
Just now it had been all yellow sand along the way, but now it was as if she had accidentally entered a dense forest. Trees surrounded her on all sides, blocking her way. The black auras turned into thick white mist, making it difficult for her to tell the direction for a moment.
Yaohua frowned as she looked at these trees. Suddenly, she took out the wooden chip she had brought out from the ancestral tomb. Driven by her spiritual power, those tall and straight trees were all cut off at the waist.
But what shocked Yaohua was that new tree trunks grew from the cut - off parts. They kept extending upwards, growing mottled leaves that blocked out the sky and the sun.
The phoenix true fire suddenly spread from her feet. With Yaohua as the center, the surrounding area soon became a sea of fire.
In the past seven years, Yaohua had tried countless times to transform the red light in her body into spiritual power and fuse it with the phoenix fire to cultivate a phoenix true fire that could rival her father's, or even be more powerful than her father's. It was all for the purpose of fighting against the demons.
And now, it came in handy!
In the phoenix true fire, the lush trees and the white mist instantly disappeared. Yaohua stood still and recalled all the phoenix true fire that had spread for miles.
The remaining fire lingered around her body, and the black auras that had been circling around her feet also involuntarily retreated.
"You don't have much fertilizer left," the system said.
The demon on Huikun Mountain had extremely high spiritual power. If it could be captured, it would be enough for use for a long time.
"I advise you not to think so far ahead," the system's words were like a bucket of cold water. "You don't even know how to break this formation."
"What formation?" Yaohua suddenly stopped. She looked around suspiciously. "Where is the formation?"
The system sighed. "Go and split the rock in the front - right direction."
Yaohua put her two fingers together and rubbed out a ray of light from the wooden chip.
Boom—
The huge rock shattered immediately.
Yaohua waved her sleeve to disperse the dust. Only then did she see that she was standing in front of a cliff.
One step forward was a bottomless gully with raging karmic fires below. The heat was bone - searing. Once she fell, she would be completely destroyed.
A chill ran through her heart. There was actually such a place here!
I wonder how her second elder brother is...
"Brother System, can you help me find out my second elder brother's exact location? I'll exchange demonic qi with you."
"This system doesn't offer credit," the system replied.
"Just this once. I'll give you all the demonic qi this time."
The system hesitated for a moment. "Use this. Drop a drop of your blood on it."
A delicate and small sundial appeared in Yaohua's hand. "What is this?"
"A magical tool of the Demon Clan," the system simply explained. "Even the phoenix tail feathers couldn't find out your elder brother's exact location. It's obvious that someone is deliberately disrupting your spell - casting. The demonic qi here is very strong. Using this will surely be effective."
Without hesitation, Yaohua cut her finger, and a drop of blood fell on the sundial. The compass needle swayed slightly, then spun crazily, and finally pointed steadily in a certain direction.
Yaohua conjured up her wings and flew in the direction the compass needle was pointing, but was blocked by a barrier.